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1. (adj.) pitiful
evoking or deserving pity:
a pitiful fate.
2. pitiful
arousing contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.:
pitiful attempts.
3. pitiful
Archaic. full of pity; compassionate.
Etymology: (1400–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) pathetic, pitiable, pitiful
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
"their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
2. (adj) deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
3. (adj) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
deserving or inciting pity
"a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
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1. (adjective) pitiful
causing you to feel pity or sympathy
The cat stood in the rain looking pitiful.
2. pitiful
very bad or very small
a pitiful performance by the team; The amount they paid me was pitiful.; She looked pitifully weak.; The company performed pitifully last quarter.
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1. (adj) pitiful
full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic
2. (adj) pitiful
piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion
3. (adj) pitiful
to be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable
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Sense: very sad; causing pity
a pitiful sight.
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 Afrikaans: jammerlik |
 Arabic: مُثير للِشَّفَقَه |
 Bulgarian: клет |
 Brazilian: deplorável |
 Czech: žalostný, budící soucit |
 German: mitleiderregend |
 Danish: ynkværdig; bedrøvelig |
 Greek: θλιβερός, καταθλιπτικός |
 Spanish: lamentable, deplorable |
 Estonian: hale |
 Farsi: رقت انگیز |
 Finnish: säälittävä |
 French: lamentable |
 Hebrew: מְעוֹרֵר רַחָמִים |
 Hindi: दयनीय |
 Croatian: žaliti |
 Hungarian: szánalmas |
 Indonesian: menyedihkan |
 Icelandic: brjóstumkennanlegur |
 Italian: penoso |
 Japanese: 哀れな |
 Korean: 가련한 |
 Lithuanian: apgailėtinas, graudus |
 Latvian: bēdīgs; aizkustinošs |
 Malay: menimbulkan rasa belas |
 Dutch: meelijwekkend |
 Norwegian: bedrøvelig, ynkverdig |
 Polish: żałosny |
 Persian: رقت انگیز |
 Pashto: زړه سواندى، مهربان، دزړه |
 Portuguese: deplorável |
 Romanian: jalnic |
 Russian: жалостный, печальный |
 Slovak: žalostný, vzbudzujúci súc |
 Slovenian: žalosten |
 Serbian: jadan |
 Swedish: ömklig, sorglig, beklagan |
 Thai: น่าสมเพช |
 Turkish: acıklı, yürekler acısı |
 Taiwanese: 可憐的 |
 Ukrainian: жалісний, жалібний |
 Urdu: افسوس ناک |
 Vietnamese: gợi lên sự xót thương |
 Chinese: 可怜的 |
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